SAE-AISI 1025 Steel vs. C50100 Bronze
SAE-AISI 1025 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C50100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1025 steel and the bottom bar is C50100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 28 | |
| 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 310 | |
| 180 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 500 | |
| 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 420 | |
| 82 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1070 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.9 | |
| 55 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 55 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 110 | |
| 82 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 470 | |
| 29 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 8.3 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 66 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 9.5 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0.22 to 0.28 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 98.6 to 99.49 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.03 to 99.48 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0.010 to 0.050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |